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Thirukkural 886

Chapter 89: உட்பகை (Enmity within) · Wealth

Kural 886

ஒன்றாமை ஒன்றியார் கட்படின் எஞ்ஞான்றும்
பொன்றாமை ஒன்றல் அரிது.

Ondraamai Ondriyaar Katpatin Egngnaandrum
Pondraamai Ondral Aridhu

If discord finds a place midst those who dwelt at one before,'Tis ever hard to keep destruction from the door

Meaning

If hatred arises among (one's) own people, it will be hardly possible (for one) to escape death.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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